Marathons

Carmel >> Adam Roach was locked in. Even with Jorge Maravilla in his ear for 21 miles, he never lost his focus. “I was so in a zone,” Roach said. “Sometimes your mind can wander during the course of the race.

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BOSTON (AP) — Cancer survivor Mary Shertenlieb wasn't about to let rain, wind or cold stop her.Shertenlieb crossed the Boston Marathon finish line at 12:18 a.m. Tuesday, about 13 hours after she started the race.The leukemia survivor was at mile...

BOSTON (AP) — Five years after two brothers who had been living in America for about a decade bombed the Boston Marathon, federally funded community programs to prevent attacks by homegrown extremists are barely underway and face an uncertain...

BOSTON (AP) — A husband and wife injured in the Boston Marathon bombing are unveiling a new children's book they authored.Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes will be at the Boston Public Library on Thursday to release the picture book "Rescue &...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Weldon Kirui of Kenya pulled away in the 24th mile to win the Los Angeles Marathon for the second time in three years. Sule Utura Gedo of Ethiopia won the women's race.Kirui crossed the finish line in Santa Monica in 2 hours,...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Weldon Kirui of Kenya pulled away in the 24th mile to win the Los Angeles Marathon for the second time in three years. Sule Utura Gedo of Ethiopia won the women's race.Kirui crossed the finish line in Santa Monica in 2 hours,...

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Marathon is giving runners who use music as motivation free access to elite competitors' playlists and tips.John Hancock, which sponsors the marathon, says it's teamed up with Spotify to let participants in next month's...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Weldon Kirui of Kenya pulled away in the 24th mile to win the Los Angeles Marathon for the second time in three years. Sule Utura Gedo of Ethiopia won the women's race.Kirui crossed the finish line in Santa Monica in 2 hours,...

BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray has an additional job title: children's book author.McGillivray's new book, "Dream Big: A True Story of Courage and Determination," is being launched Wednesday in Boston.McGillivray...

BOSTON (AP) — The first feature-length documentary about the Boston Marathon is getting a global run.Lionsgate said Tuesday it has released "Boston" in 96 countries. It says the Jon Dunham film is also now available on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon...

BOSTON (AP) — The charitable foundation founded by the Boston Marathon bombing hero seen in an iconic photo wearing a cowboy hat as he helped rescue victims is giving away Thanksgiving turkeys to veterans and their families.The Arredondo Family...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Marathon winners in Virginia have been stripped of their titles because officials say they were managed by a Russian sports agent who has been banned from participating in the races over doping concerns. The...

NEW YORK (AP) — Crowds of spectators are turning out to cheer on the runners in the New York City Marathon, under the watchful eye of an extremely heavy police presence.The race on Sunday is taking place just days after a truck attack in...

BOSTON (AP) — A man who lost both legs in the Boston Marathon bombing says he has a message for people injured in Las Vegas: "You will live again."In a Facebook message , Jeff Bauman addressed people waking up in a hospital and "wondering how...

BOSTON (AP) — A small bridge in Boston is being renamed in honor of the late sons of one of the citizen heroes that emerged from the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.Republican Gov. Charlie Baker will join Carlos Arredondo and his wife, Victoria...

BOSTON (AP) — A new film chronicling the story of Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman will premiere at the hospital where he and others who were injured in the 2013 deadly attack were treated.Director David Gordon Green tells The Boston...

BOSTON (AP) — A groundbreaking will be held for a park dedicated to the youngest victim of the Boston Marathon attacks.Eight-year-old Martin Richard was one of three people killed when two bombs planted near the finish line exploded on April 15,...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For the first time, northbound lanes of the Golden Gate Bridge will be closed during the San Francisco Marathon because of terrorism concerns.The Marin Independent Journal reports (http://bayareane.ws/2uM4NMo) bridge...

NEW YORK (AP) — The maker of Sabrett hot dogs is recalling more than 7 million pounds of hot dogs because they may contain bone fragments.The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced the recall of products...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Eric Noel of San Luis Obispo will try to defend his title in the 20th running of the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon on Sunday while Meb Keflezighi will pace the 90-minute half-marathon group.Noel won last year in 2 hours, 26 minutes, 5...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Eric Noel of San Luis Obispo will try to defend his title in the 20th running of the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon on Sunday while Meb Keflezighi will pace the 90-minute half-marathon group.Noel won last year in 2 hours, 26 minutes, 5...

CARMEL >> When Michael Wardian wasn’t trying to break from Adam Roach, the pair ran side-by-side, with the only noise being their breath and the sound of shoes pounding pavement. Oh, and an occasional outburst of support from the crowd for Pebble Beach’s Roach.

BOSTON (AP) — Boston's top cop has completed his first marathon since the 2013 bombings.Police Commissioner William Evans returned to the storied marathon for the first time as a runner Monday. He crossed the finish line with a time of about 3...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Kenyans Elisha Barno and Hellen Jepkurgat won the men's and women's titles at the Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday.Barno pulled away from 2015 winner Daniel Limo of Kenya in the final mile of the race, crossing the...

BOSTON (AP) — "Finish Line," a documentary play about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, will make its world premiere this week in Boston.The Boston Theater Company production draws from interviews with survivors, runners, first responders and...

BOSTON (AP) — The producers of the first full-length documentary film about the Boston Marathon say they've signed Matt Damon to narrate it."Boston" premieres in its namesake city on April 15, two days before the 121st running of America's most...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Fire Department says a paramedic training officer falsely claimed he ran to the aid of victims at the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.Shawn Daniel was honored at a St. Louis Blues hockey game in January. A posting on...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — An internationally known runner who completed 744 marathons has died. Don McNelly was 96.The Richard H. Keenan Funeral Home in Fairport, New York, says he died Sunday.The native of Brookville, Ohio, began running in the...

NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who lost her leg in the Boston Marathon bombing is now engaged to the firefighter who saved her.Roseann Sdoia tells The New York Post that she and firefighter Mike Materia got engaged during a trip to Nantucket in...

BOSTON (AP) — Blood, sweat and tears stained the deadly 2013 Boston Marathon, so the next year's running of America's most famous footrace was understandably all about redemption.Now the rightful winner of the 2014 women's race — Buzunesh Deba —...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Goaltender Thomas Greiss has been trying to keep the same approach while the New York Islanders have struggled this season.He had to stick with it a little longer Tuesday night.Nick Leddy scored the winner in a marathon...

BOSTON (AP) — It resembles the symbol for infinity: a sideways "S'' that Kara Goucher, Molly Huddle and other elite U.S. athletes suddenly are sporting on biceps, wrists and shins.The tattoos are temporary. But the campaign they represent is an...

NEW YORK (AP) — Quite a run at the New York City Marathon for Mary Keitany. Pretty swift debut for Ghirmay Ghebreslassie, too.Keitany won the race for the third straight time Sunday, pulling away with more than 10 miles to go and breezing home to...

NEW YORK (AP) — A dozen young Australian runners from indigenous tribes once targeted for genocide had a different marathon goal: "The finish line is just a start for us."So said Robert de Castella, a onetime top marathoner who trained them for...

NEW YORK (AP) — Some run in memory of a lost loved one. Others are motivated by a milestone birthday. There's a story behind every one of the 50,000-plus runners in Sunday's New York City Marathon; here are a few of them.___"Rudy" will be...

NEW YORK (AP) — Forty years ago, the world's top two marathon runners were each handed an envelope with a check in it for $3,000 — secret rewards for helping raise the profile of the very first five-borough New York City Marathon."It was an...

NEW YORK (AP) — Forty years ago, the world's top two marathon runners were each handed an envelope with a check in it for $3,000 — secret rewards for helping raise the profile of the very first five-borough New York City Marathon."It was an...

SEATTLE (AP) — The maker of a popular line of minimalist running shoes doesn't have to pay damages for naming some of its models after Abebe Bikila, the legendary Ethiopian runner who won the 1960 Olympics marathon barefoot, a federal judge has...

MEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — A peace garden named after one of the people killed in the Boston Marathon bombing will be unveiled next weekend in Massachusetts.Krystle Campbell was a 29-year-old restaurant manager from Medford when she died in the attack...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — An ill-timed, slow-moving train in Pennsylvania has derailed some runners' dreams of competing in the next Boston Marathon.The Lehigh Valley Health Network Via Marathon was underway Sunday when a train crossed the race...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A slow-moving train in Pennsylvania might have brought some runners' dreams of the Boston Marathon to a halt.Lehigh Valley Health Network's Via Marathon was in full swing Sunday when a slow train crossed the race course near...

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man who at one time was in possession of the gun that the Boston Marathon bombers used to kill a police officer has been sentenced to six months in prison.Merhawi Berhe (muhr-HAW'-ee burr-HEE'), of Cambridge,...

BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bombing survivor Adrianne Haslet can check mountaineering off her bucket list.The professional ballroom dancer lost a leg in the 2013 finish line attacks and ran the entire 26.2-mile race last spring. Over the...